Detachable metal handle for battery boxes



June 2 1,925

H. H. wYDoM ET AL DBTACHABLE METAL HANDLE FOR BATTERY BOXES Filed cenas, 1924 Jbspiz E'. Bernau Zi',

Patented June :2, 1925.

- UNITED STATES HERBERT H.` W-YDOM AND JOSEPH E. PERRAULT, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS,

handling articles such as `battery boxes.

ASSIGNORS TO HOOD RUBBER' COMPANY, 0F

aP/.xrEN'r OFFICE.

WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, COR- DETACHABLE METAL HANDLE Eon BATTERY poxEs. r

`Application led October 25, i924. SerialNo. 745,835.

Togall 'whom t may concern: l

e it known that we,.HERBERT H. WYDoM. and JOSEPH E. PnRnAULrcitizens of the United States, and residents of Watertown, inthe county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new landv useful Improvements in- Detachable Metal Handles for Battery Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates to a detachf. able metal handle for liftingor otherwise The principal object ofthe invention is the provision "of a Xhandle which may be readily attached to the handles already existing on such an object as a battery box so that the same may be readily lited or transported without the operator comingin contact with the acid usually existing in and around such batteries. Another object is the provision of means as above .which may be quickly attached to and detached from such batteries, as desired..

Still another and important object is the provision of such a handle which will be 'adaptable to various types of battery boxes, and one which will allow the battery box 'to beswung pivotally from the handle when it is necessary to jockey the box into its desired `lx'iation.` y

To this end the invention contemplates a metal bail having clips pivoted thereto, said clips having hooks thereon which are adapted tov engage the handle usuallyexisting in articles such as \a battery box.

' Wehave illustrated .in the accompanying drawin s one form of the'invention which is particu arly adaptable to the use above stated, but this embodiment is to be taken merely as illustrative of the principle involved, and not in a limiting sense.

In the drawingsz l l Figure-1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention, showing its application.'

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is an .end elevation.

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have represented at 1 a metal bail havinar downwardl extending arms 2 with turnedin ends 43. ung from the ends 3 we provide clips 4 perforated as at 5 to receivethe end Referring now to the form illustrated, we

of. the part 3. The ends 3 projecting beyond the main body of the clip 4, are preferably headed over, as at 3 to prevent they clip from becoming detached therefrom. i

The clip 4 proper mayI be Stamped or pressed from sheet metal and be provided with hooks 6. The particular design of the hooks, that is,itheir location on the Inain body 4 of the clips, willbe determined by the type of battery box with which the de vice is to be used. Battery boxes are constructed usually with handles. lSome boxes are provided with handles having two apertures therein, that is, those that are adapted to be raised bythe `operator placing one or two fingers 'in each aperture in the handle, and others are so fconstructedthat the o erator may place his whole hand, or the our fingers of one hand within a single aperture in Ithe handle. For the former style of box,

' it will be found desirable to place the hooks 6 of the clip' 4 in spaced apart relation, as illustrated, each hook 6 gripping that part of the handle above 'the finger hold. In the latter instance, it will probably be found desirable to provide a hook 6a extending the full length of the lower edge of the clip 4. In all cases it is desirable that the upwardly -extending arm of the hooks 6 and 6a be bent secured tothe clip 4 so that there may be i rotation between these parts. This is particularly desirable whenit is found necessary to jockey a battery into an awkward position into an automobile or the like, in which the battery is used.

Obviously both bail and clip may be made of any. desirable materials consistent with quality and the purposes for which the arti- -cle is to be used. l e

Obviously such a detachable handle may be used for purposes other than batteries.

although it is particularly adaptable to the use of storage batteries. for any urpose, such as those used for igmtion or ra io work,

as such batteries are known to have acid accidentallyspilled on the outside thereof, in which case the operator 'is desirous of handling the battery in a way to prevent `the acid getting upon his hands.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is A detachable handle for battery boxes comprising a wire bail having a straight handle portion of substantially the length of the box and vertically depending portions having inwardly curved lower ends, and a pair of sheetmetal carrying clips of upset to retain the clip thereon, the lowerportions of the clips being bent inward to form handle engaging hooks having inclined upper ends.

ln testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures.

HERBERT H. VWYDOM., 'JOSEPH E. PERRAULT. 

